to be nice to kim jong-un, really? >>> and this comes to us from stanford, connecticut, where a couple of extreme athletes attempted to make their mark on the eighth annual guinness world record day. michael mena went eight feet in the air to record the highest forward lift on a pogo stick. they also used a pogo stick to hop 265 times for the most pogo jumps in one minute. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. test. test. >>> in france you better get your sweet tooth ready. a chock la tear, always ready, has created a massive chocolate tree displaying his parisian boutique complete with, what else, a monkey. that makes sense, right? why not? it stands three stories tall and weighs in around five tons. the artist says the scene promotes biodiversity and he hopes it will raise awareness on other animals. >> what are they doing with the chocolate after. >> chocolate chip pancakes. >>> lace up and set out. set a few more records. across the globe more than 40